Emotion Regulation Difficulties Strengthen Relationships Between Perceived Parental Feeding Practices and Emotional Eating: Findings from a Cross-Sectional Study

Barnhart, Wesley R.; Braden, Abby; Dial, Lauren A.

doi:10.1007/s12529-021-09959-z

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“…Repetitive consumption of palatable foods whilst experiencing negative emotions creates a positive-feedback loop whereby eating as a means to alleviate and distract from negative feelings is reinforced [ 30 ]. Greater difficulties in emotion regulation, including the inability to identify and describe emotions, is associated with higher emotional eating [ 14 , 15 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 ]. This is evident for both boredom eating [ 15 , 35 ] and eating in response to negative affect, regardless of BMI [ 36 ].…”

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“…Importantly, the tendency to experience boredom is predictive of emotional eating [ 15 ]. Internal awareness is inversely correlated with binge eating and depression scores [ 33 ]. Since overweight individuals have been reported to perceive time to pass more slowly and tend to eat sooner than those of normal weight [ 39 ], it may be of value to examine whether targeting emotional regulation and interoceptive awareness in people with obesity who display EE behaviour may improve outcomes of behavioural interventions.…”

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A Comparison of Emotional Triggers for Eating in Men and Women with Obesity

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Objective: Emotional eating (EE) is prevalent in people seeking obesity treatment and is a contributor to poor weight loss outcomes. We aimed to delineate the emotions most associated with this type of eating, and whether they differ by sex in people undergoing obesity treatment. Methods: A cross-sectional study recruiting 387 adults from a hospital obesity management service. Emotional eating was measured using the Emotional Eating Scale (EES). Separate analyses included all participants, and those undergoing lifestyle interventions alone or in combination with obesity medication and/or bariatric surgery. Results: A total of 387 people (71% women) participated in the study (n = 187 receiving lifestyle modification alone; n = 200 in combination with additional treatments). Feeling ‘bored’ was most commonly and most strongly associated with the urge to eat, regardless of sex or treatment. Women had higher scores for total EES, for subscales of depression and anger, and individual feelings of ‘blue’, ‘sad’ and ‘upset’ compared to men. Conclusions: Understanding why certain emotions differentially trigger an urge to eat in men and women, and finding strategies to break the link between boredom and eating may enable better personalisation of lifestyle interventions for people with obesity.

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A Comparison of Emotional Triggers for Eating in Men and Women with Obesity

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“…Despite few studies that have focused on eating for positive emotions, it is a dimension included in the assessment of emotional eating (Aparicio et al, 2016). Eating to cope with both negative and positive emotions is thought to reflect difficulties in emotional regulation (Barnhart et al, 2021), a trait that is common among children and adolescents with overweight/obesity (Aparicio et al, 2016). Using the K-PEMS, poorer emotion regulation in youth was found to predict eating for Coping while eating for Coping motives did not predict emotion regulation (Orihuela et al, 2017).…”

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Psychometric and cross-cultural generalizability outcomes of the Chinese version of the Kids-Palatable Eating Motives Scale (K-PEMS-C)

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Overeating for non-homeostatic needs contributes to childhood obesity. However, validated measures or eating motives and cross-cultural comparisons are limited. This study aimed to validate the Kids-Palatable Eating Motives Scale (K-PEMS) and its association with body mass index z score (BMIz) in China, and further assess its generalization across Chinese and American youth. Data were from participants aged 8–18 years from Hangzhou, China ( n = 426) and Birmingham, AL, U.S ( n = 73). The K-PEMS had sound reliability and validation (Cronbach’s α = 0.920 and all factor loadings >0.50) in the Chinese sample. Multi-group nested models CFAs showed that the ∆CFI of model comparisons of measurement weights and structural covariance, variance, and means were ⩽0.01, and ∆TLI of measurement intercepts ⩽0.05. Linear regressions revealed that frequency of consuming palatable foods and drinks for Coping, Reward Enhancement, and Conformity, but not Social motives, were positively associated with BMIz. The K-PEMS had good cross-cultural generalization and could be useful in treating obesity by identifying specific motives for consuming excessive calories.

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“…Responsive feeding practices are less studied, but evidence suggests that they are essential for the development of healthy eating habits [ 52 , 53 , 54 ]. In particular, parental monitoring, which is the practice of keeping track of one’s child consumption (namely, high far or sugary foods), has been associated with a healthier food consumption [ 49 , 55 , 56 ].…”

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Associations between Emotion Regulation, Feeding Practices, and Preschoolers’ Food Consumption

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Previous research identified emotion dysregulation, non-responsive feeding practices, and unhealthy food consumption as risk factors for childhood obesity. However, little is known about the relationships between these factors. This study examined associations between children’s emotion regulation, parental feeding practices, and children’s food consumption. The sample consisted of 163 mothers of children aged 3–5 years. Mothers completed the Emotion Regulation Checklist, the Child Feeding Questionnaire, and the Child Health Section from the Parent Interview of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-B to assess model variables. Results showed that healthy food consumption was associated with higher emotion regulation abilities, higher monitoring, and lower pressure to eat. For unhealthy food consumption, the associations were in opposite directions. Higher emotion regulation abilities were also associated with higher monitoring, lower pressure to eat, and lower restriction. For lability, the associations were in opposite directions. Regression analyses revealed that children’s lability, pressure to eat, and monitoring were significant predictors of children’s food consumption. These findings suggest that children’s emotion regulation and feeding practices are important determinants of children’s food consumption. Future longitudinal studies that examine bidirectional associations between children’s emotion regulation, parental feeding practices, children’s food consumption, and potential mechanisms accounting for these associations are needed.

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Emotion Regulation Difficulties Strengthen Relationships Between Perceived Parental Feeding Practices and Emotional Eating: Findings from a Cross-Sectional Study

Cited by 14 publications

References 35 publications

A Comparison of Emotional Triggers for Eating in Men and Women with Obesity

A Comparison of Emotional Triggers for Eating in Men and Women with Obesity

Psychometric and cross-cultural generalizability outcomes of the Chinese version of the Kids-Palatable Eating Motives Scale (K-PEMS-C)

Associations between Emotion Regulation, Feeding Practices, and Preschoolers’ Food Consumption

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